different between consort vs boyfriend

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French, ultimately from Latin c?nsors.

Pronunciation

• (noun)
  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: k?n'sôt, IPA^(key): /?k?ns??t/
  • (General American) enPR: kän'sôrt, IPA^(key): /?k?ns??t/
• (verb)
  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: k?nsôt', IPA^(key): /k?n?s??t/
  • (General American) enPR: k?nsôrt', IPA^(key): /k?n?s??t/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t

Noun

consort (countable and uncountable, plural consorts)

1. The spouse of a monarch.

   • The consort of the queen has passed from this troubled sphere.

2. A husband, wife, companion or partner.
   • 1863, William Makepeace Thackeray, Roundabout Papers
   • 1838, Charles Darwin, The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle

     the snow-white gander, invariably accompanied by his darker consort

3. (euphemistic, sometimes humorous) An informal, usually well-publicized sexual companion of a monarch; aristocrat; celebrity; etc.
4. A ship accompanying another.
5. (uncountable) Association or partnership.
   • 1687, Francis Atterbury, An Answer to some Considerations, the Spirit of Martin Luther and the Original of the Reformation

     Take it singly, and it carries an air of levity; […] but, in consort with the rest, you see, has a meaning quite different.

6. A group or company, especially of musicians playing the same type of instrument.
   • 1633, George Herbert, Employment

     Lord, place me in thy consort.

7. (obsolete) Harmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments.
   • 1595, Edmund Spenser, Astrophel: A Pastorall Elegy upon the Death of the Most Noble and Valorous Knight, Sir Philip Sidney

     To make a sad consort, / Come, let us join our mournful song with theirs.

Synonyms

• (husband, wife, companion, partner): Thesaurus:spouse, companion, escort
• (association, partnership): association, partnership
• (group of musicians): band, group

Related terms

Translations

Adjective

consort (not comparable)

2. (postpositive) of a title, by virtue of one's (living) spouse; often contrasted with regnant and dowager

   Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother took on nearly as many duties as queen dowager, after her husband's death, as she had had when she was queen consort during his reign.

Derived terms

• queen consort
• king consort
• prince consort

See also

• regnant
• queen regnant
• queen dowager

Verb

consort (third-person singular simple present consorts, present participle consorting, simple past and past participle consorted)

1. (intransitive) To associate or keep company (with).
   • 1610, Alexander Cooke, Pope Joane, in William Oldys, editor, The Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library: Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes: With a Table of the Contents, and an Alphabetical Index, volume IV, London: Printed for T[homas] Osborne, in Gray's-Inn, 1744, OCLC 5325177; republished as John Maltham, editor, The Harleian Miscellany; or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library, Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes, volume IV, London: Printed for R. Dutton, 1808–1811, OCLC 30776079, page 95:

     If there bee any lasie fellow, any that cannot away with worke, any that would wallow in pleasures, hee is hastie to be priested. And when hee is made one, and has gotten a benefice, he consorts with his neighbour priests, who are altogether given to pleasures; and then both hee, and they, live, not like Christians, but like epicures; drinking, eating, feasting, and revelling, till the cow come home, as the saying is.

   • 1961, J. A. Philip, "Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato," Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, vol. 92, p. 457,

     Being itself inferior and consorting with an inferior faculty it begets inferior offspring.

2. (intransitive) To be in agreement.

Synonyms

• (associate or keep company): hang out (slang)
• (be in agreement): agree, concur
• (associate or unite in company with): associate, hang out (slang)

Translations

Anagrams

• Croston, Scorton, cortons, crotons

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin consors.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /kon?s??t/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kun?s?rt/
• Rhymes: -??t

Noun

consort m or f (plural consorts)

1. partner, consort
2. (law) spouse

   Synonym: cònjuge

3. (law) accomplice

   Synonym: partícip

4. (law) joinder

   Synonym: litisconsort

Derived terms

• litisconsort

Related terms

• consorci

Further reading

• “consort” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “consort” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “consort” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin consors, consortem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.s??/

Noun

consort f (plural consorts)

1. consort
2. (plural only, preceded by et, slightly derogatory) minions, associates; the likes

Further reading

• “consort” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French consort, from Latin consors.

Noun

consort m (plural consor?i)

1. consort

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• boy friend (dated)
• boy-friend (dated)

Etymology

From boy +? friend.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b???f??nd/, /?b??f??nd/

Noun

boyfriend (plural boyfriends)

1. A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.

   Coordinate terms: fiancé, girlfriend, husband, lover, significant other
2. A male friend.

   Synonyms: (slang) guyfriend, buddy, pal, mate; see also Thesaurus:friend

Usage notes

In contrast to its female equivalent, girlfriend, which is also often used to describe a woman's close female friends, the term is not that often used in reference to non-romantic relationships. Boyfriend is a relatively modern term, and in the past has had implications of an illicit relationship (as sexual and romantic relationships outside marriage were more commonly frowned upon). It is now a generally accepted term and has no negative implications per se.

An adult man in a non-marital relationship is sometimes referred to instead as a significant other or partner, especially if the two partners are living together. Because boyfriend and partner mean different things to different people, the distinctions between the terms are subjective, and which term is used in a relationship will ultimately be determined by personal preference.

Separating the word into its two components boy friend avoids the romantic implication nowadays, although boy friend used to mean the same as boyfriend does now. However, British and Australian men usually refer to a male friend as a mate. Similarly, Americans and Canadians use the term buddy.

Derived terms

• boyfriendable

Descendants

• ? Hindi: ?????????? (b?yfre??)
• ? Japanese: ??????? (b?ifurendo)
• ? Korean: ????? (boipeurendeu)
• ? Russian: ????????? (bojfr??nd)
• ? Urdu: ??????????? (bayfren?)

Translations

Anagrams

• friend boy, friendboy

Finnish

Noun

boyfriend

1. (rare) boyfriend

Declension

Synonyms

• poikakaveri
• poikaystävä